Story Time with Jane Sutcliffe, author of "Will's Words"

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Independent Bookstore Day

Saturday, April 30

Title:

Story Time with Jane Sutcliffe, author of "Will's Words"

When:

Saturday, April 30, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where:

Brown Bookstore
244 Thayer Street

Description:

Join us for a special story time with local author Jane Sutcliffe as she reads "Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way We Talk". Then be sure to visit the special exhibit of Shakespeare's First Folio at the Granoff Center next door.

When Jane Sutcliffe sets out to write a book about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, in her own words, she runs into a problem: Will's words keep popping up all over the place! What's an author to do? After all, Will is responsible for such familiar phrases as "what's done is done" and "too much of a good thing." He even helped turn "household words" into household words.

But, Jane embraces her dilemma, writing about Shakespeare, his plays, and his famous phrases with glee. After all, what better words are there to use to write about the greatest writer in the English language than his very own? As readers will discover, "the long and the short of it" is this: Will changed the English language forever.

Backmatter includes an author’s note, a bibliography, and a timeline.

Jane Sutcliffe is author of "Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be", and more than two dozen other books for children.